ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers began an 11-game road trip with a ninth-inning rally to remember. Cameron Maybin capped a dramatic eight-run ninth with a tiebreaking three-run double, and the Tigers overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 10-7 on Thursday night. Detroit trailed 7-2 entering the ninth and opened
Jeremy Shapiro, Richard Sokоlsky
Security, Middle East
More U.S. troops would make things worse.
RECENT PRESIDENTS of both parties have agreed that the United States has vital interests in the Middle East. But the region has become extraordinarily turbulent. Civil wars rage in Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Libya, where central authority and state structures have broken apart. Various regional powers are intervening in these wars, many of which serve as proxy contests between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Читать дальше...
Former NFL cornerback C.J. Spillman was convicted of sexual assault on Thursday stemming from a 2014 incident at the Cowboys’ team hotel when Spillman played for Dallas. According to Claire Z. Cardona of the Dallas Morning News, a jury found Spillman guilty in under two hours in a trial that began on Monday in Fort…
Sergey Radchenko
Politics, Europe
Gorbachev saw a united Europe as an aspiration. It’s still within reach.
Three months before he became the General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, Mikhail Gorbachev visited Great Britain. Speaking to Members of Parliament on December 18, 1984, Gorbachev announced the concept that would later define his approach to Europe and to the post–Cold War world that he helped inaugurate. “Europe,” he said, “is our common home. A home, and... Читать дальше...
Russian Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief reported that heavy rainfall and strong wind caused Thursday a flood killing a girl and injuring five more people in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- Osvaldo Duarte hit a two-run double in the second inning, leading the Quad Cities River Bandits to a 6-3 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Thursday.
MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) -- Logan Landon hit two solo homers, and Michael Boyle tossed six scoreless innings as the Great Lakes Loons defeated the Lansing Lugnuts 7-6 on Thursday.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- Osvaldo Duarte hit a two-run double in the second inning, leading the Quad Cities River Bandits to a 6-3 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Thursday.
MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) -- Logan Landon hit two solo homers, and Michael Boyle tossed six scoreless innings as the Great Lakes Loons defeated the Lansing Lugnuts 7-6 on Thursday.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed defenseman Jake McCabe to a three-year, $4.8 million contract extension. The Sabres announced the signing on Thursday, and a person with direct knowledge of the contract revealed its value to The Associated Press. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Sabres did not provide
This year`s Amarnath Yatra would end on August 18 coinciding with Shravan Purnima and Raksha Bandhan festivals.
Peter Kirechu
Security, Middle East
Without a major change, the terrorists win.
As the international community narrows its focus on Islamic State’s burgeoning sanctuary in war-torn Libya, neighboring Tunisia is caught in a precarious security environment that threatens to unwind its fledgling democratic progress. As the lone success story in the post–Arab Spring era, Tunisia is teetering on a knife’s edge as it balances the demands of a nascent democracy with the growing challenge of domestic and foreign militancy. Читать дальше...
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- Shannon Wilkerson homered and doubled, driving home three runs and scoring a couple as the Chattanooga Lookouts defeated the Pensacola Blue Wahoos 7-3 on Thursday.
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) -- Carson Blair hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning, leading the Midland RockHounds to a 5-3 win over the Northwest Arkansas Naturals on Thursday.
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) -- Carson Blair hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning, leading the Midland RockHounds to a 5-3 win over the Northwest Arkansas Naturals on Thursday.
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- Shannon Wilkerson homered and doubled, driving home three runs and scoring a couple as the Chattanooga Lookouts defeated the Pensacola Blue Wahoos 7-3 on Thursday.
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) -- Carson Blair hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning, leading the Midland RockHounds to a 5-3 win over the Northwest Arkansas Naturals on Thursday.
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- Shannon Wilkerson homered and doubled, driving home three runs and scoring a couple as the Chattanooga Lookouts defeated the Pensacola Blue Wahoos 7-3 on Thursday.
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) -- Carson Blair hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning, leading the Midland RockHounds to a 5-3 win over the Northwest Arkansas Naturals on Thursday.
Bread is better than ever in Australia, with a new report finding it successful in combating birth defects.
Researchers can now study pregnant tiger sharks in their natural habitat without cutting them open and killing their babies, thanks to ultrasound technology.
Ajmal Shams
Politics, Asia
The country’s future is at stake.
The endemic problem of corruption in Afghanistan is by no means a new subject. Corruption has been widespread and widely debated in a war-ravaged country that remains in turmoil. According to Transparency International, Afghanistan has a score of 11 on the Corruption Perceptions Index (2015) on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). Corruption has continued to undermine the credibility of Afghanistan’s government for the last fourteen years. Читать дальше...
Buyout shops have become comfortable with some corners of the tech sector that they see as relatively stable, such as corporate-software providers.
The NSW Swifts will be attacking their last game of the season as if it were the first of the finals campaign, in an effort to stamp out any shortcomings before the run to the grand final begins.
